Section 8

When under the powers conferred by this section a police officer or an authorized person arrests any person without warrant the Officer in Charge of the Police Station to which the person is brought, shall, unless in his belief the release on bail of the person arrested would tend to defeat the registration of such person for national service, release such person on his entering into such recognizance, with or without sureties, as may in the judgment of such officer be required to secure his attendance upon the hearing of the charge.

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In this section “authorized person” means a person authorized by the Minister by notification in the Gazette to exercise the powers conferred by this section.